Steve Camacho
Encyclopedia
George Stephen Camacho (born October 15, 1945, Georgetown
, British Guiana
(now Georgetown, Guyana
) is a former West Indian
cricket
er who played in eleven Tests
from 1968 to 1971 as an opening batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler.
Camacho was part of the West Indian side for four series: 1967-68, 1968-69
, 1969
, 1970-71
.
Georgetown, Guyana
Georgetown, estimated population 239,227 , is the capital and largest city of Guyana, located in the Demerara-Mahaica region. It is situated on the Atlantic Ocean coast at the mouth of the Demerara River and it was nicknamed 'Garden City of the Caribbean.' Georgetown is located at . The city serves...
, British Guiana
British Guiana
British Guiana was the name of the British colony on the northern coast of South America, now the independent nation of Guyana.The area was originally settled by the Dutch at the start of the 17th century as the colonies of Essequibo, Demerara, and Berbice...
(now Georgetown, Guyana
Georgetown, Guyana
Georgetown, estimated population 239,227 , is the capital and largest city of Guyana, located in the Demerara-Mahaica region. It is situated on the Atlantic Ocean coast at the mouth of the Demerara River and it was nicknamed 'Garden City of the Caribbean.' Georgetown is located at . The city serves...
) is a former West Indian
West Indian cricket team
The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as the West Indies or the Windies, is a multi-national cricket team representing a sporting confederation of 15 mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries, British dependencies and non-British dependencies.From the mid 1970s to the early 1990s,...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played in eleven Tests
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
from 1968 to 1971 as an opening batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler.
Camacho was part of the West Indian side for four series: 1967-68, 1968-69
West Indian cricket team in Australia in 1968-69
The West Indies cricket team toured Australia in the 1968-69 season and played a five-match Test series against Australia.Australia won the series 3-1 with one match drawn.-Test series summary:* at Brisbane Cricket Ground – West Indies won by 125 runs...
, 1969
West Indian cricket team in England in 1969
The West Indies cricket team toured England in the 1969 season to play a three-match Test series against England. England won the series 2-0 with one match drawn....
, 1970-71
History of cricket in the West Indies from 1970-71 to 1980
This article describes the history of West Indies cricket from 1971 to 1980.The West Indies cricket team was in transition as the 1970s began and it suffered a humiliating series defeat on the 1975-76 tour of Australia. New captain Clive Lloyd was determined that such a defeat must never happen...
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